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Raleigh County, WV

The federal environmental record for Raleigh County (population 72,356): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

2

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

3

TRI facilities

17

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Raleigh reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

3 facilities in Raleigh filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 27k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
MARFORK COAL COWHITESVILLEAmmonia27k lb
CENTRAL SUPPLY CO OF WV - MABSCOTT PLANTMABSCOTTLead And Lead Compounds9 lb
CUE OF WEST VIRGINIA LLCMOUNT HOPE-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 390 tank facilities in Raleigh: 190 tanks in service and 916 closed. 147 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Raleigh as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.

The record for one specific address

County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Raleigh, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • APPALACHIAN SOIL/WATER CONS RES LABBEAVER
  • BARKER JUNK CO, INCMABSCOTT